Chapter 744
"Sir Changsun, tell me about the matter!"
Standing beside Chen Kefu, Changsun Shunde, who had not made any sound, responded: "Yes!" and faced everyone: "Just three days ago, the troops in Hedong were originally supposed to gather in the Shangdang area according to the order of His Highness Chen, so as to make the attitude of crossing the Taihang Mountains across the Taihang Mountains to attack the Wei Daoer's territory in southwestern Hebei through the Axekou Pass at any time. **(..) However, when Marshal Wang arrived at the assembly site and set up camp, he was not seen any troops in Liu Wuzhou and other units. On the night when Marshal Wang sent people to urge, the troops suddenly appeared and raided Marshal Wang's march camp in the east."
Everyone was shocked. Li Jing asked, "What's going on in Youyouyou? Liu Wuzhou and others are all local tyrants, and these people are subordinate to each other. Although they are all guards appointed by our court on the surface, we all know what's going on in fact. It's already strange that these people don't fight each other, so how can they suddenly unite together?"
"It's Song Jingang."
All the generals were confused and did not understand why the matter in Hedong suddenly involved Song Jingang, the general under the command of Wei Daoer of Hebei. Although Song Jingang was known as a general, he was the marshal of Wei Daoer, the emperor of Yan in southern Hebei. One was the marshal of Yan State east of Taihang, and the other was the tyrants of Hedong, the powerful people in Longshan, and they should not be able to fight together.
"What does this have to do with Song Jingang?" Luo Shixin, who was still a little unwaking up, was really confused when he heard it.
Chen Kefu nodded to Zhang Jin in the hall, and Zhang Jin, the new director of the Special Service Department, immediately stepped out and said to everyone: "The latest information in the southwest of Hebei is that when our army was still attacking Jindi Pass, Li Mi rescued the envoy from Wei Daoer also arrived in Yecheng. Li Mi not only asked for help from Nanchen, but also asked for help from Wei Daoer, with the intention of combining the three families to fight our army. However, after receiving Li Mi's letter of help from help, Wei Daoer refused to go south to ask for help, but instead wanted to go north to attack our capital Beijing."
Speaking of this, Zhang Jin smiled lightly. Although King Chen drew a lot of troops from Hebei to move south during this Central Plains War. But if Wei Daoer really thought Beijing was empty and wanted to take advantage of the situation, he was wrong.
In fact, some people in Yan State can clearly see the truth and reality of Hebei. Song Jingang, the sworn brother of the Marshal of Yan State and Wei Daoer, proposed to take the opportunity to attack Hedong and seize Hedong to compete with Chen Kefu. Song Jingang's idea was very clear. Chen Kefu went south to fight Li Mi to death. The Yan State was just watching the show. Taking advantage of this opportunity, there was no need for them to get involved. After all, they knew the power of the Hebei army. {http:
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On the contrary, if they do not go south to the Central Plains, let Li Mi and Chen Kefu compete with each other. They take the opportunity to enter Hedong and take down the chaotic Hedong in one fell swoop. Then they can take advantage of the opportunity to seize Guanzhong westward, and then turn around to compete with Chen Kefu for the north. This plan not only avoids joining the Central Plains War and bears heavy casualties. They can also sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, allowing Chen Kefu and Li Mi to compete with the two tigers. According to Song Jingang's idea, Li Mi is the overlord of the Central Plains, with many soldiers and a helping hand. Even if they can't beat Chen Kefu, they can compete with Chen Kefu in the Central Plains for at least two or three years. With these two or three years, they can completely take Hedong and even enter Guanzhong.
Wei Daoer wanted to attack Chen Kefu's rear base Beijing, while Song Jingang had a long-term idea and wanted to take Hedong. Just when the emperor and marshal of Yan State had not yet decided to go to the northern expedition or the western expedition, another ruthless man in Yan State who had been watching coldly took action.
The Grand Tutor of Yan State, Marshal, King of Xia, and the father-in-law Dou Jiande suddenly took action. He took advantage of his daughter, Empress Yan State Dou Hongxian, and invited Emperor Wei Daoer, Marshal Song Jingang, Zhen Zhaier and other generals of Yan State and important figures in the capital to enter the Xia Palace. Then the Hejian Rebel Army, who had been secretly preparing, suddenly launched an attack and raided the barracks of the other two marshals of Yan State, Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier outside the city. They had a plan but were unintentional. In addition, all the officers in the two camps were invited to the city for a banquet, and the group of dragons had no heads. The Hejian Army defeated the troops of Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier in one fell swoop. Inside the Hejian Dead Soldiers lurking in Yecheng, they opened the gate of Heyecheng and led the Hejian army into the city.
The Hejian army outside the city entered the city, and Dou Jiande in the city sent dead soldiers to surround the Xia Palace at the banquet and arrested the civil and military officials of the Yan State one by one. In the chaos, Wei Daoer was stabbed to death by the queen Dou Hongxian beside him. Wei Daoer's sworn brothers, Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er, had only experienced the rebellion of Wang Xuba before. Therefore, this time he saw the opportunity very quickly, and immediately changed into the soldiers' clothes and ran away as soon as he found out that something was wrong.
The two of them did not even lead their family members and did not return to the military camp. They disguised themselves as they crossed the Taihang Mountains from Hebei to Hedong, and secretly defected to Liu Wuzhou. The situation in Yan State was as speculated by Song Jingang and others. Dou Jiande himself had great prestige in Hebei, and he had been planning for a long time and had been secretly drawing up generals and officers in the army. Therefore, the rebellion happened suddenly, but it ended quickly.
After killing Wei Daoer, although the bodies of Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er were not found, Dou Jiande directly found two burned corpses that were from Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er. Later, he immediately controlled the military camps inside and outside Ye City, and quickly cleaned up the confidant generals and school officials who were loyal to Wei Daoer, Song Jingang and others. Then Dou Jiande changed Yan State to Xia State and proclaimed himself emperor. He immediately appointed all the civil and military soldiers under him, and even promoted and rewarded the former generals and schoolmen of Yan State who had just surrendered to him, and gave them great money.
After several actions, Dou Jiande quickly changed the sky in the southwest of Hebei. A large Yan State was removed from the list, and all counties and cities were replaced by the flag of Xia State. Dou Jiande, who had just succeeded in rebellion, immediately announced that he would carry out his troops to the south and prepare to join Wei and Chen in the Central Plains to defeat Chen Kefu with all his might.
Dou Jiande had just raised an army in Yecheng, and the Central Plains had already reported that the Hebei army had defeated Li Mi. The rapid changes in the situation in the Central Plains shocked Dou Jiande, but Dou Jiande was not scared, but instead accelerated the process of sending troops. Zhang Jin finally received information from him that Dou Jiande had already raised 400,000 troops and devoted all the troops of the newly established Daxia Kingdom to fight. Dou Jiande even recruited all the strong civilians in the four counties, transporting all the logistics supplies with the army and as supplementary soldiers. According to the information sent by the spies from the Secret Service Department, the four counties including Wei County are now empty, and even the cities are empty. Most of the young men have been recruited, and there is no strong adult man in the entire four counties.
Just when Dou Jiande changed Yan State to Xia State and claimed to be the emperor, Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er had already fled to Hedong and defected to Liu Wuzhou. In the early days of Daye, when Zhen Zhai'er, Song Jingang and Wei Dao'er, and Wang Xuba were still brothers, they were horse thieves in the Shanggu area and often followed the Xingdao of Taihang Mountain into Hedong to rob. The name of the horse thief in Lishan was also very famous in Hedong, so when Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er defected to Liu Wuzhou, Liu Wuzhou was simply ecstatic.
When Liu Wuzhou learned that Dou Jiande had rebelled and had killed Wei Daoer and established himself as the emperor of Xia, Liu Wuzhou had no doubts anymore and immediately became brothers of the two. Liu Wuzhou named Song Jingang as King of Song and Marshal. Zhen Zhai'er as King of Yan and Marshal.
After Song Jingang and his two surrendered to Liu Wuzhou, they sent their confidants to Hebei to recruit their old subordinates, and at the same time they put forward many good plans for Liu Wuzhou. It was also under Song Jingang's plan and personally rushed to Liang Shidu and other three people to lobby for their full efforts that Yulin secret alliance finally came, and the four families finally formed an alliance and publicly turned against Hebei.
Dou Jiande mutiny in Hebei, killed Wei Daoer, took Yan State and established Xia State, ascended the throne and became emperor.
Liu Wuzhou from Hedong got the likes of Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er, and immediately joined forces with the other three powerful men to openly rebel.
These drastic changes and extremely poor news are the reasons why Chen Kefu really got into hepatitis. Especially when Chen Kefu heard that Dou Jiande, a guy like the nine-life cat, launched another mutiny and eventually became the last winner in southwest Hebei, he really felt a bit of threat. Dou Jiande fought with the Hebei army several times, and was defeated repeatedly, but he became stronger and stronger.
As it turns out, Dou Jiande has become like a phoenix rebirth, and has a base for four counties at once and has 400,000 troops. Such strength is something Dou Jiande has never had before. Before, Dou Jiande fought with the Hebei army, but when it was the strongest, it was only 70,000 to 80,000 people, and there was no stable rear base. Now, Dou Jiande not only has several troops, but also has four dangerous counties known as the southwest gateway of Hebei.
What is even more worrying is that Dou Jiande has now become the emperor, and no one on his head will be limited to him. From now on, Dou Jiande has sufficient rear, huge military force, and even supreme and free command power. Dou Jiande has changed from a scabies in the past to a trauma and has seriously threatened the rear of Hebei, and even has a great threat to Chen Kefu's entire layout.
"Take out Yu Qinming's letter and let you see it." Zhang Jin took out the letter obediently and let everyone circulate it. Cheng Yaojin was the last one to get the letter. Seeing the blood of Marshal Yu Qinming, the commander-in-chief of Hebei bandit suppression on the light yellow letter paper, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but feel shocked. Could it be that the situation in Hebei is at the point where he wants to use blood to convey the letter?
He lowered his head and read it quickly: "On April 15th, Dou Jiande sent 400,000 troops and a million civilians, claiming that the Xia army vowed to march south to two million. On the same day, the Xia army broke through the Qinghe Zongcheng, Jingcheng, Linqing, Qingquan and Jintao. On the sixteenth, the Xia army occupied the entire Qinghe territory. On the seventeenth, the eighteenth, and the nineteenth, the Xia army continued to move south and occupied the entire Wuyang County. On the twentyth, the Xia army invaded Ji County, captured Neihuang and Dunqiu, and was currently stationed in Bowang Mountain.
Preparing to attack Liyang. Our army fought with him for more than ten battles, but the Xia army was like a tide, and its troops were even strong, and our army was as powerful as it could be. At present, our army has retreated into Liyangcang City..." Yu Qinming's style was as low-key as his people. He did not describe Dou Jiande's Xia army in the letter, but he just calmly listed what happened one by one, but the battle situation of the Xia army was terrifying. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!